In the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound polls of the greatest movies ever made, The Snowtown Murders and Macbeth director Justin Kurzel named Step Brothers one of his 10 favorite films. [11] Cultural and political reception [ edit ]

Brew, Simon (September 15, 2008). "Anchorman and Step Brothers sequels?". Den of Geek . Retrieved September 15, 2019. Step Brothers": Reunited And It Feels So Good". The Urban Daily. July 28, 2008 . Retrieved September 15, 2019. Bassett, Laura (April 17, 2014). "GOP Consulting Firm Staffer Registers 'Boats 'N Hoes PAC' (UPDATE)". Huffington Post . Retrieved March 7, 2019. The Catalina Wine Mixer event depicted in the film was not a real event that existed before or during the creation of the film. The event has since been created and hosted on Catalina Island on Descanso Beach. [14] Future [ edit ] Cancelled rap album [ edit ] Step Brothers (2008)". British Film Institute. August 20, 2012. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016 . Retrieved January 28, 2016.Roger Ebert gave the film 1.5 out of 4 stars and stated, "When did comedies get so mean? Step Brothers has a premise that might have produced a good time at the movies, but when I left, I felt a little unclean". [8] In the movie, Dale and Brennan make a video to pitch both Robert and Derek about investing in Prestige Worldwide, with a music video for a song titled "Boats 'N' Hoes". Since the release of the film, "Boats 'N' Hoes" has contributed to the success of the movie with over a million hits on YouTube and merchandise that references the song. [12] McGlynn, Katla (January 4, 2011). "Is There A 'Step Brothers' Rap Album In The Works?". Huffington Post. In February 2017, Ferrell said in an interview with Rolling Stone that there are currently no plans for a sequel to Step Brothers. [23]

From Largo Theatre John C. Reilly". Conan. Season 10. Episode 102. November 9, 2020. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Step Brothers - DVD Sales". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. 2010 . Retrieved September 9, 2012. Ebert, Roger (July 23, 2008). "The feel-bad comedy of the year!". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved September 11, 2021. Ty Burr in the Boston Globe wrote, "'Step Brothers' is crudely funny, which means that sometimes it's crudely hilarious and more often it's just crude." [9] Variety critic John Anderson wrote, "the film is funny at times but lapses into the reflexive vulgarity that seems to be the default mechanism of the Apatow machinery." [10]Greene, Andy (February 21, 2017). "Will Ferrell on 'Step Brothers' Sequel: 'You Have to Resist the Temptation' ". Rolling Stone . Retrieved February 23, 2017. Zakarin, Jordan (June 17, 2011). " 'Step Brothers' Sequel: John C. Reilly Talks Potential Sequel, Talks 'Hunger Games' Mixup". Huffington Post . Retrieved September 15, 2019. We have a whole story [for Step Brothers 2], an outline that we're happy with. We were ready to go, and you know the story of [how] we got the call on Anchorman 2. We're not gonna do it now 'cause we just did a sequel, I don't wanna get into the sequel business too much. It was kind of a novelty to do one of them and it was certainly very interesting and I had never done anything like it. So I want to go make some original movies—or you know, The Big Short is an adaptation but do some different stuff. But who knows? 2–3 years, 3–4 years. I mean the funny thing with Step Brothers is if those guys are in their 50s it still works, so we could easily return to that, but for now no sequels. [22]